Crony capitalism related news.
Why? Because busting people for pot is profitable (for the cronies) and low risk. It’s not like there are other actual crimes happening on which the police can focus or anything. Bust potheads. That makes sense.
The seeds came from Kentucky but apparently one is only allowed to purchase hemp seeds from overseas with the expressed OK of the Department of Agriculture.
There’s no honor among cronies. Isn’t that how the saying goes?
There is plenty of crony capitalism on both sides of the Pacific but China is the world’s Ultimate Crony Capitalist State. It is a country that has been built on crony capitalism/state capitalism. We must always keep this in mind.
Google has partnered with China to help the government control the information that flows to the people of China. It also reportedly has helped the Chinese government attach phone numbers to online searches. Now the company seeks to define online...
Weren’t unions supposed to be for machinists and pipe fitters?
…of the day. No spin. No tabloid trash.
(From ABC News) Bill Cosby was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years in prison by a Pennsylvania judge who had designated the comedian a “sexually violent predator.” Judge Steven O’Neill sentenced Cosby in a Norristown, Pennsylvania courtroom, capping a...
(From NBC News) President Donald Trump offered a broad condemnation of globalism at the United Nations on Tuesday, telling the international body that the United States would protect its sovereignty and national interests — and that the other countries of...
(From The Guardian) The White House said Donald Trump and Rosenstein had “an extended conversation” about news stories published last week reporting that Rosenstein discussed with colleagues secretly recording Trump or having him removed from office. The two plan to...
(From Fox News) Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for adult-film star Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against President Trump, now says he has a client who will reveal allegations against embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh within 48 hours — shortly...
(From The Independent) President Donald Trump has been criticised as “insensitive” and “disrespectful” after saying he does not support the idea of recognising Puerto Rico as a US state because the mayor of San Juan is “incompetent.” . . ....
(From UPI) Heading into the November midterms, the Republican Party is the most popular it has been in seven years, according to a Gallup poll released Monday. The poll found 45 percent of Americans view Republicans favorably — a 9-point...
(From Reuters) The U.S. State Department has approved the sale to Taiwan of spare parts for F-16 fighter planes and other military aircraft worth up to $330 million, prompting China to warn on Tuesday that the move jeopardized Sino-U.S. cooperation....
(From Reuters) A senior Chinese official said on Tuesday it is difficult to proceed with trade talks with the United States while Washington is putting “a knife to China’s neck,” a day after both sides heaped fresh tariffs on each...
(From UPI) Violent crime fell by 0.9 percent compared to 2016, with 392.9 offenses per 100,000 residents, according to the report. And property crime decreased by 3.6 percent, with 2,362.2 offenses per 100,000 residents.
(From The Guardian) Rodrigo Duterte’s fiercest critic in the Philippines congress has been arrested after the president revoked his amnesty for a failed coup attempt and revived rebellion charges against him in an unprecedented legal move. “Darkness and evil have...
(From NBC News) A federal judge in Montana said Monday that grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park should remain a protected species, reversing a United States Fish and Wildlife Service decision to lift those protections last year. The...
(From The Guardian) The New Yorker magazine reported on Sunday evening that a 53-year-old woman, Deborah Ramirez, who attended university with Kavanaugh, has alleged that the judge appeared to have thrust his genitals in her face at a drunken party...
“The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently.” -1984
Your editor has never seen such hate as has erupted from the people who oppose Trump, a duly elected president.
Every generation seems to have its gaggle of statist economists who get rich while talking about the “evils” of the market.
